Q&A: Jennifer Acker’s Place at the Common
As the Common celebrates its fifteenth anniversary, founder and editor in chief Jennifer Acker delves into the thinking behind creating a literary organization and magazine devoted to place.
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Q&A: Jaquette Joins Words Without Borders
The new executive director of Words Without Borders, Elisabeth Jaquette, speaks on translation as an art and a profession as well as her goals to spotlight new global voices and help set best practices in the field.
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Surgeons of the Soul: An Interview With Georgi Gospodinov and Angela Rodel
The recipients of the 2023 International Booker Prize discuss the Bulgarian author’s obsession with memory, growing up in the former socialist state, and the intricacies of translating the award-winning novel, Time Shelter.
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Writers at Risk
As threats to freedom of expression rise around the world, organizations like the International Cities of Refuge Network and PEN America strive to support writers.
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Balkan Spring: Report From Literary Sofia, Bulgaria
In a continuing series on international writing communities, contributing editor Stephen Morison Jr. spends time with writers in the capital city of Bulgaria.
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Postcard From the Pandemic: Late at Night in the Heart of Bulgaria
A writer in Sofia, Bulgaria, tracks the coronavirus pandemic through a global network of family and friends.
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Istanbul Bookshop Creates Haven for Young Syrians, Writing Through Shock, and More
“Dutch classic” 1947 novel translated into English for the first time; American Library Association announces winners of its Youth Media Awards; novelist Anuk Arudpragasam on articulating inner life; and other news.
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Bob Dylan’s Nobel Speech, Wesley Snipes to Publish Novel, and More
A consideration of sustainable funding for poets; Ha Jin on his new novel; Jeff VanderMeer funds full year of the Octavia Project; and other news.
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World Literature Today Devotes Issue to Women, New Joan Didion Book, and More
Books to help understand Trump’s win; illustrations of bookstores around the world; contemporary Thai literature in translation; and other news.
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Solmaz Sharif on War Poetics, Underrated American Poems, and More
Flaubert’s travel diary up for auction; sixteen books that explain this year’s election; PEN reports on missing Hong Kong booksellers; and other news.
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